Stepping to Reality

The Moment You Say “Enough Is Enough,” Everything Changes.

James “Chocolate Jimmy” Dockery knows what it means to fall and to fight your way back. From years on the streets of Boston to prison sentences and the grip of alcohol, his life was shaped by pain, loss, and self-destruction. But when addiction nearly ended everything, he chose to take a different path: a fearless confrontation with truth, guided by the 12-step program and a commitment to living one day at a time.

Stepping to Reality is an unfiltered look at the sober living journey, exposing the truth about rehab, the spin cycle of recovery programs, and the hidden politics of treatment. Dockery doesn’t just share alcohol recovery stories. He reveals strategies to overcome addiction, how to break denial, and how to rebuild life through accountability, faith, and action.

This book speaks to anyone searching for addiction recovery or looking for self help books for addiction that actually tell it straight. It’s for the person trapped in the spiral and for the loved one desperate to understand. Dockery shows how to overcome trauma and addiction, how to start a sober lifestyle, and why real change requires more than temporary fixes. It requires facing yourself and breaking the cycle of relapse.

If you’ve ever asked yourself how to start over, how to heal, or how to overcome addiction, this book offers a roadmap forward.

Step into truth. Step into healing. Step into reality.